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Hello, I am in the process of purchasing a property. I have made an offer, and after my own little survey, I noticed a few issues with the electrics. The current owner has installed a partition wall where you enter the property to create a hallway that is separate from the living room (before...

Thanks everyone for your input. I managed to get this working. As stem suggested, the boiler itself has a digital time switch which needs to be set to permanently on. I appreciate everyone's help :)

Hi all, I am connecting a wireless thermostat receiver to my boiler but it isn't working correctly when it comes to the central heating and I'm not sure where I am going wrong. I've done a similar boiler before but this one is puzzling me. The boiler is a Biasi Riva Plus HE. The hot water...

The pipes are 15mm and the rads are 150cm and 170 cm singles. I teed off the pipes to connect the new rad. Do I need to balance the system?

Hello, I installed a new radiator in my kitchen. The kitchen has two radiators. The newly-installed radiator stays cold when the heating is on. However, as soon as I turn off the TRV on the other nearby radiator, it starts to heat up. What might the problem be? Thanks for your help :)

Thanks :)

Thanks Chris. So the flex to the mains in terminals in the boiler should be coming directly from the fused spur?

Hello all, I need some help wiring a Siemens RDJ100RF Thermostat receiver. A house I just bought has a brand new boiler but the boiler is just plugged in and has no thermostat. I'm trying to figure out the wiring and have searched on the internet but I'm still unsure of exactly how to wire...

Thank you for all your suggestions

Hi all, I have a gap of 1450mm for a nice long shower tray. My only problem is that the nearest lengths for my gap are 1400 and 1500. I wish there was a 1450 shower tray! Anyway. I guess I'll have to opt for the 1400 shower tray. How can I lose the extra 50mm that I have? My tiles will be...

Yes, I am going to run it through some boxing and under the floor to the cupboard.

I'm going to use the click together LVT.

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice. My consumer unit is in a really awkward place at the moment. It is on the kitchen wall. I'd like to move it if possible because we are having a new kitchen put in and it's not aesthetically pleasing. I have attached a crude drawing of the consumer unit and...

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice about levelling a small area of floor. Most of the floor is tiled, but there are a couple of sections that are untiled and I'd like to bring up to the level of the tiles. The difference is about 1.5cm. Can I use some cement in these areas or would I need...

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice. I'm renovating my bathroom. It's a relatively small bathroom (150cm x 280cm). While removing the old tiles, lumps of the plaster and bonding came off to reveal the bare wall. The plaster that remains doesn't feels fairly solid. In preparation for the...

Thanks everyone for the advice.

Hi all, I have some pipes running up my kitchen wall which have been boxed in. The boxing protrudes from the wall by about an inch to an inch and a half. Is it possible to hang a wall unit over this boxing so the unit fits flush again the wall? What's the best way to do this? Many thanks for...